Railways (Rw) Inwards Correspondence Register, Archives NZ Wellington Home, Back
Examples presented as 'wallpaper' at the 2007 NZ Society of Genealogists Conference Year/Letter Number - date written - subject (author, place) 1878/33 Jan 10 Forwarding voucher £111 a claim for House Allowance (William Bogle, Napier) 1878/81 Jan 11 Requesting employment in Locomotive Branch of Railways (Joseph Prince, Alexandra, Waikato) 1878/89 Jan 14 Wishing to rent the Railway Refurbishment Room at Halcombe (Edward Child, Halcombe) 1878/170 Feb 19 Requesting employment as Station Clerk on the Auckland & Waikato Railways (Charles Nicholls, Wellington) 1878/187 Feb 16 Complaining of overcharge of Railway fare from New Plymouth to Waitara (James Billinger, New Plymouth) 1878/204 Feb 26 Asking for a reduction in freight for Fire Clay (W. S. Laurie, Auckland) 1878/250 Mar 13 Submitting claim from C. Watts for loss of cow alleged to have been killed by train overtaking it (T. Lozell, Kaikoura) 1878/283 Mar 22 Asking if ships stores are liable to Wharfage charges (Pennington & Baker, Waitara) 1878/303 Apr 09 Requesting that a free pass or reduced rates be granted to school children attending Circus (J. Hurley, Upper Hutt) 1878/332 Mar 21 Requesting clerical employment (J. W. Hall, Jamestown, South Africa) 1878/358 Apr 29 States her husband has been discharged from Railway owing to failing eyesight requesting some assistance (Mrs Battensby, Palmerston) 1878/381 Apr 29 Relative to his reduction to rank of Ticket Seller on Wanganui Line (S. Quinn, Foxton) 1878/428 May 28 Re insufficiency of trucks on Waitara Line (Webster Brothers, New Plymouth) 1878/464 Jun 11 Complaining that he was charged a separate fare when travelling in horse box with horse on the Railway (C. E. Zohrat, Wellington) 1878/469 Jun 01 Petitioning that an enquiry be made as to cause of his dismissal (T. Rawlinson, Foxton) 1878/588 Jul 09 Re site for Hamilton Station (A. Potters, Hamilton East) 1878/621 Jul 29 Requesting employment as Engineer &c (R. D. Morgan, Gisborne, Poverty Bay) 1878/630 Aug 05 Requesting employment on the Wellington Manawatu Railway (T. Webb, Featherston) 1878/667 Aug 03 Requesting employment as Ganger on the Auckland Railway (T. Barron, Rakaia) 1878/689 Aug 19 Requesting promotion and increase of salary (W. P. Gray, Papatoitoi) 1878/707 Aug 17 Petitioners requesting that the Railway Station at Wangaehu be removed to a more convenient site (Petitioners, Wangaehu) 1878/723 Aug 22 Re erecting a Station at the junction of Terrace & Main St, Palmerston North (D. Mackie, Palmerston North) 1878/734 Sep 04 Requesting employment as maintenance foreman &c (G. Rogers, Nelson) 1878/817 Sep 11 Re permission to keep down fence near his hotel & stopping train 5 minutes at Marton (S. Gibbons, Marton) 1878/924 Nov 04 Requesting employment as Clerk &c (R. Maclaurin, Te Awamutu) 1878/935 Nov 06 Offering to rent the “Kaitoke Refreshment Rooms” at £520 per year (J. Prestidge, Kaitoke) 1878/983 Nov 20 Requesting a copy of the standard drawing of Platelayers trolley (F. B. Passmore, Chertsey) 1878/1017 Dec 20 Requesting that a drain be laid in connection with Mercer Refreshment Room (D. Arkell, Mercer) 1878/1018 Dec 20 Requesting that the portion of Railway running through his land be fenced (J. McKerrar, Tuakau) 1878/1037 Dec 13 Applying for siding at 20 miles from Wellington (C. Lett, Pakuratahi)
1890/13 Dec 31 (1889) Urging extension of age limit entitling female apprentices etc to half fares (J. McGowan, Wellington) 1890/30 Dec 31 (1889) Applying for extension of time for completion of sleeper contract (Hawke's Bay Timber Co., Napier) 1890/32 Dec 16 (1889) Applying for employment (G. M. Cox, Stewart Island) 1890/34 Jan 03 Enquiring if Department will lease Rimutaka reserve of 11,000 acres (Declined) (R. K. Meredith, Masterton) 1890/52 Dec 30 (1889) Again applying for compensation (£31 14s 6d paid 23 Jan 1890) (J. A. Fleming, Auckland) 1890/57 Dec 31 (1889) Applying for refund of portion of fare to Wellington (P. A. F. Birch, Napier) 1890/70 Jan 01 Asking for crossing to connect two new roads (Petitioners, Bunnythorpe) 1890/71 Dec 28 (1889) Asking for gratuity for widow of late crossing keeper T. Peden (A. Sligo, Dunedin) 1890/72 Jan 02 Urging improvement of riding at Mill Road for future timber traffic (Jno. Henry, Eltham) 1890/73 Dec 30 (1889) Asking that purchase of his land be completed (H. Bree, Whangarata) 1890/74 Jan 06 Renewal of his pass as mail contractor (H. Cassidy, Springfield) 1890/88 Jan 06 Offering his services as Manager of frozen meat traffic etc on NZ Railways (C. Brown, New Plymouth) 1890/90 Jan 07 Complaining of excess charge on bundle of ferns from Lower Hutt (W. J. Rout, Wellington) 1890/92 Jan 06 Oamaru refreshment rooms complaining of overcharges by lessee (D. Hamilton, Eltham) 1890/95 Jan 04 Requesting permission to erect surgery on land leased from M. Kennedy (Miners' Medical Association, Brunner) 1890/96 Jan 08 Calling attention to cattle being allowed to graze on line (John Anderson, Greymouth) 1890/113 Jan 08 Asking for certificate of service in Maintenance Department (T. Atkinson, Christchurch) 1890/124 Jan 02 Applying for site for a lime kiln etc near Te Kuiti (W. Cannell through W. A. Graham, Hamilton) 1890/172 Jan 14 Complaining of horses being allowed on line and reserve at Mauriceville (H. Bishop, Wellington)